Meeting a Famous Person
By Eleanor Kazdan, Philadelphia, PA 01/21/2021 — It’s amazing that in my 70 plus years of living I haven’t met more famous people. I had a slight brush with fame when I was 8 or 9 years old, although not … Continued
By Eleanor Kazdan, Philadelphia, PA 01/21/2021 — It’s amazing that in my 70 plus years of living I haven’t met more famous people. I had a slight brush with fame when I was 8 or 9 years old, although not … Continued
By José Dominguez, February 25, 2021 — Working with people at El Paso Texas gave me the opportunity to learn things in circumstances new to me. My master’s [degree] studies oriented my compass to deal mostly with feelings and human … Continued
By José Dominguez, January 28, 2021 — I finished my high school studies at the age of 17 at the Jesuit school named Instituto Regional de Chihuahua. After 3 years of secondary studies and 2 years of high school, I … Continued
By Eleanor Kazdan, January 16, 2020 — Ninth grade. I was 13 and just recovering from my most awkward life stage. [I was] taller than most kids, [with] pimples, frizzy hair, and big feet. In a word, unconfident. Ninth grade … Continued
By Ann von Dehsen, January 09, 2020 — Sadly, I recently learned that my cousin had passed away from a rare form of thyroid cancer. We had lost touch over the years, only seeing each other very occasionally usually at … Continued
By José Dominiguez, October 8, 2020 — How to enter in contact with the opposite sex? It was one of my constant questions when I was fifteen years old. Everything, I supposed, had to be in steps, it was a matter of beginning … Continued
By José Dominiguez, December 12, 2019 — My mom’s name was Luz and she had an only younger sister named Julia. Julia was a widow who made a living renting rooms to students at the capital city of Chihuahua. We … Continued
By Aparecida De Souza, November 21, 2019 — One of the pastimes that I had when I was 14 years old was to sit down at a bench of [my] city’s plaza. That place was not far from the school … Continued
By Frances Bryce, October 31, 2019 — The daily occurrence of undesirable behavior of young teenagers and young adults seems to overshadow that age group with what Miss Manners and Emily Post was the mainstay in days past. Recently, two … Continued